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...Thanks to Jeffrey Sachs for daring to suggest that no one should hoard tens of billions of dollars in personal wealth [May 21]. Infatuation with the marvels of capitalism has made such talk almost heresy, but champions of free enterprise also need to heed common sense and common decency. Wouldn't we all be much richer if our entire human family were fed, clothed and educated and had access to basic medical care? L. Patricia Arias, DECATUR, GEORGIA...
...Fort Riley, Kans., Genevie had to fight to get into the Army. Military doctors told him he couldn't enlist with his history of asthma and shoulder problems. But Genevie knew he could handle the training. He videotaped himself doing rigorous 20-minute workouts to show that he wouldn't slow down his unit. He even drafted a letter to President Bush asking him to intervene. Genevie never sent it because the Army eventually let him in. His mother Patricia found the letter among his things a few days after he died...
...Which current Yankee do you fear the most, A Rod or Jeter? -Jason P. Sharpe, Florence, Ore. They're both good hitters. I wouldn't want to face either...
...lack of progress wouldn't be so noticeable if India's marketing gurus hadn't raised expectations so high. Last year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, India's government and industries backed a publicity campaign dubbed "India Everywhere," which overwhelmed conference attendees with facts and figures about the wonderful new India. But since I arrived in India almost seven months ago from Africa, I have heard countless foreign businessmen and women in New Delhi and Mumbai (formerly Bombay) complaining about the gap between the image India projects and the reality. Last month, when I spoke...
...York City on weekends. Julia's hospital bills were about $350,000 annually. The Mikols quickly exhausted their medical insurance and had to rely on Medicaid. Caring for Julia at home would have been about $50,000 a year, but while the Federal Government would reimburse hospital care, it wouldn't cover the cost of caring for a child at home...